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leslie withers really, really likes flowers. bugs, too.

following the events of the... second instance where sebastian had to go into another stem, he didn't expect it to be found that leslie was alive and well. but he was, and he, just like his daughter, and himself, and joseph, he needed a place to stay.

and leslie really, really likes the native wildflowers of montana, and the butterflies and bees and even the brightly colored, absolutely tiny jumping spiders that sometimes crawl up their window panes.

joseph rubs his eyes, giving a big yawning sigh, and watches with a fond smile as leslie excitedly steps side to side, holding a bundle of wildflowers picked from their garden as sebastian and lily work together to assemble a floral arrangement on their dining room table.

"happy birthday, leslie." sebastian whispers, taking a violet from leslie's hands, a finishing touch for the arrangement.

"birthday," leslie echoes in soft, happy agreement, shuffling into sebastian's open arms. "birthday... for leslie."

"and flowers, too!" lily agrees, and bounds around her father's side to join the hug.

hm. joseph will let them have their moment.

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So my sister wants to start sewing more, because

a. She’s 5′ 11″ and can never find pants long enough for her legs or shirts long enough for her arms.

b. She hates synthetic fibers as much as I do and it’s difficult to find natural fiber clothes that aren’t made of cotton

c. She’s a biologist and would physically fistfight microplastics if given half a chance

So her gift from mom and dad for her birthday was a sewing machine. Not a super expensive one but a good solid serviceable one.

And recently she asked “So where do I GET wool or linen and thread that isn’t polyester” and mom was like ‘go ask your sister’

And I, of course, crashed into the group text like “GET A PEN I HAVE WEBSITES FOR U” and honestly I’m thrilled about this

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Run me out in the cold rain and snow - Submitted by: fastman27

#40275C #2A6473 #6AB890 #C0EBC0 #E4FCE7

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König is having a religious experience

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keith kogane getting his mother's facial markings as he grows up except one is slightly offset bc the scar tissue on one half of his face makes it asymmetrical

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🍖 How to Build a Culture Without Just Inventing Spices and Necklaces

(a worldbuilding roast. with love.)

So. You’re building a fantasy world, and you’ve just invented: → Three types of ceremonial jewelry → A spice that tastes like cinnamon if it were bitter and cursed → A holiday where everyone wears gold and screams at dawn

Cute. But that’s not culture. That’s aesthetics.

And if your worldbuilding is all outfits, dances, and spice blends with vaguely mystical names, your story’s probably going to feel like a cosplay convention held inside a Pinterest board.

Here’s how to fix that—aka: how to build a real, functioning culture that shapes your story, not just its vibes.

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🔗 Culture Is Built on Power, Not Just Style

Ask yourself: → Who’s in charge, and why? → Who has land? Who doesn’t? → What’s considered taboo, sacred, or punishable by death?

Culture is shaped by who gets to make the rules and who gets crushed by them. That’s where things like religion, family structure, class divisions, gender roles, and social expectations actually come from.

Start there. Not at the embroidery.

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2.🪓 Culture Comes From Conflict

Did this society evolve peacefully? Was it colonized? Did it colonize? Was it rebuilt after a war? Is it still in one?

→ What was destroyed and mythologized? → What do the survivors still whisper about? → What do children get taught in school that’s… suspiciously sanitized?

No culture is neutral. Every tradition has a history, and that history should taste like blood, loss, or propaganda.

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3.🧠 Belief Systems > Customs Lists

Sure, rituals and holidays are cool. But what do people believe about: → Death? → Love? → Time? → The natural world? → Justice?

Example: A society that believes time is cyclical vs. one that sees time as linear will approach everything—from prison sentences to grief—completely differently.

You don’t need to invent 80 gods. You need to know what those gods mean to the people who pray to them.

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4.🫀 Culture Controls Behavior (Quietly)

Culture shows up in: → What people apologize for → What insults cut deepest → What people are embarrassed about → What’s praised publicly vs. what’s hidden privately

For instance: → A culture obsessed with stoicism won’t say “I love you.” They’ll say “Have you eaten?” → A culture built on legacy might prioritize ancestor veneration, archival writing, name inheritance.

This stuff? Way more immersive than giving everyone matching earrings.

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5. 🏠 Culture = Daily Life, Not Just Festivals

Sure, your MC might attend a funeral where people paint their faces blue. But what about: → Breakfast routines? → How people greet each other on the street? → Who cooks, and who eats first? → What’s considered “clean” or “proper”? → How is parenting handled? Divorce?

Culture is what happens between plot points. It should shape your character’s assumptions, language, fears, and habits—whether or not a festival is going on.

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6. 💬 Let Your Characters Disagree With Their Own Culture

A culture isn’t a monolith.

Even in deeply traditional societies, people: → Rebel → Question → Break rules → Misinterpret laws → Mock sacred things → Act hypocritically → Weaponize or resist what’s expected

Let your characters wrestle with the culture around them. That’s where realism (and tension) lives.

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7.🧼 Beware the “Pretty = Good” Trap

Worldbuilding gets boring fast when: → The protagonist’s homeland is beautiful and pure → The enemy’s culture is dark and “barbaric” → Every detail just reinforces who the reader should like

You can—and should—challenge the aesthetic hierarchy. → Let ugly things be beloved. → Let beautiful things be corrupt. → Let your MC romanticize their culture and then get disillusioned by it later.

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📍 TL;DR (but like, spicy): → Culture is not food and jewelry. → Culture is power, fear, memory, contradiction. → Stop inventing spices until you know who starved last winter. → Let your world feel lived in, not curated.

The best cultural worldbuilding doesn’t look like a list. It feels like a system. A pressure. A presence your characters can’t escape—even if they try.

Now go. Build something real. (You can add spices later.)

—rin t. // writing advice for worldbuilders with rage and range // thewriteadviceforwriters

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Okay guys hear me out.

A soulmate AU where you have a black stain where your soulmate is supposed to touch you for the first time and it turns to millions of colors once they do.

Like, so many people with their right palms all black, waiting for that one handshake.

People who have black knuckles who are scared for years that they end up punching their soulmate or something and end up coming home with their knuckles turned all shades of red and blue and purple without them noticing because sometimes your hands just brush together.

Someone having a very visible black palm on their cheek that they try to cover up because people will just know they will be slapped one day.

Just

consider the possibilities.

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malik al-sayf snorts when he laughs and i will not be convinced otherwise

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for those interested in my. handful of projects i work on only. sometimes. and also my ocs (or canon characters i have turned into ocs due to a lack of canon info on them). i now have a tagging system for them! you can see those below :)

PROJECTS:

screaming birds : qsmp , veteransduo. fitmc is an unknowing follower of philza's, while phil hides the fact he's the deity of creation. stripped from his powers on quesadilla island, what is a god to do, when the federation starts to put the safety of one of his devotees at risk?

hollow acrobat : hollow knight, troupe!thk. hey would it be fucked up if the grimm troupe took thk from hallownest before the vessel plan went into full blown action or what (currently a very barren tag!)

a historian and his crow : oneshot collection of fitza/veteransduo content i write.

OCS:

bennett hudson : call of duty black ops campaign. fuck you this is an oc now. he doesnt even have a canon NAME

nick hudson : call of duty black ops campaign. see bennett's LOL

vess : hollow knight, post-canon vessel oc (dream no more ending). mu7y babie....

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huh this multichapter fic im working out ideas for needs some noncanon characters let m- oh my god since when did i make sixteen new ocs holy shit fuck fuck f

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Modern avian/Wing accommodating shirt styles in raau at the time of the apocalypse. Boiled down to their basics, at least. There are other styles of course, and there are styles which are no longer popular due to the difficulty of mass manufacturing them or difficulty with slapping them onto popular fashions. Older styles tend to be tailored and thus are easier to make ornamental and more elaborate and a fashionable part of the garment.

(Not a problem in minecraft world as clothing simply doesn't have collision with wings)

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trying to draw ship art vs complicated ass outfits istg. also jiyans hair. wtf is wrong w that mans hair good lord

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(guy trying to draw ship art) wtf is wrong w jiyan's hair

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happy cordis die day btw. i would've made this post on time but i had a bad day and then passed out before i could LOL

if i can i'll write or draw smth in honor of this being the day that david "section" mason has yet another terrible day <3 poor boy i miss him sm

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doing brant's companion quest and. very fond of the little details im noticing here. holding himself tall but relaxed, makes bets with his crew, lets them have free input... has cooked for the troupe before, 👀

also seems to tip his hat when he's embarrassed or being shy? like when battier starts gloating about how brant has to do chores for the day, he lowers his hat and smiles. looks almost like hes being bashful... or just silly, given how he makes a joke about scrubbing the deck while doing the same.

but im totally buying into him using his hat to hide his face when he's flustered or feels embarrassed.

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tagging system & anon masterlist.

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★ category tags:

#sources: fandoms the post belong to. typically, we spell the full thing out (eg. "persona 5" or "halo") if the source name is short. but if its longer, we'll use an abbreviation (eg. "wuwa" or "qsmp"). if the source belongs to a larger franchise, we'll tag for both, typically tagging the full franchise name, and then an abbreviated version for the specific source (eg. "call of duty" & "codbo2" , or "danganronpa" & "drv3").

#characters: characters featured in the post. we typically will not tag for only-mentioned characters or characters who do not play a big role in the post. characters are tagged with their full name (if known), or their known name and then franchise name or abbreviation after them (eg. "shuichi saihara" or "brant wuwa").

#oc: characters we've created that feature in the post! this includes canon characters we've turned into ocs due to a lack of existing knowledge about them.

posted ocs . . . vess (hk) ; nick hudson (codbo) bennett hudson (codbo)

#pairings: ships or duos featured in the post. pairing names put by this tag are not inherently romantic, eg. we might tag anngoro for platonic works featuring ann takamaki and goro akechi, just like we might tag guapoduo for romantic works featuring q!cellbit and q!roier. trio or larger group names will also be placed by this tag (eg. "blue team" or "bolas rojas").

#post type: what kind of post we made! common ones are scenario posts, headcanon posts, or ao3 links leading to published works.

#project: tags for specific projects or aus we have! this includes multichapter fics we're working on, or ideas we have partially fleshed out.

ongoing projects . . . screaming birds ( devotee fit au ) ; hollow acrobat ( troupe ! thk au ) ; a historian and his crow ( fitza oneshot collection ) ;

#posted by: which headmate of ours decided to post that creative product you're reading! the letter combination is the id of their pluralkit. if you're in a discord server with pluralkit in it, using the command pk;m [id string] will show you their information. :)

alter tags . . . znmjr 🦈 ; hoxjd 📚 ; injqm 🌾 awmjj 📡 ; zjcdo 🌳 ; ahcdh ⛏️ ; kzhjz 👻 agpwd 💬 ; vququ 🍷 vjfhwn 🍛 ; gvehwv 🎁 ; rpufbt 🎪 ; kcjtn 🐰 aajgpc 🎻 ; tofzbc 🍜 ; tcqoy 🔧 ; vjvhfh 🐈 ccxkou 🦴 ; irxwe 🐕‍🦺 ; tbqhw 🌺 ; lofqr ⌨️ ymxcj 🧼 ; dnjto 🗡️ ; kvwof 🔕

★ extra tags:

#reference tag; writing/art — our tags for reference material for when we're writing or drawing something! feel free to peer through these if you're hunting for references.

#inpso; writing/art — prompts, posts, and anything else that gives us ideas for a new creative concept. feel free to peek through these and talk to us about the ideas, or take them for yourself as inspiration!

#[x] anon — our way of keeping track of anons! you're welcome to claim emojis or short phrases if you'd like to keep track of your conversations through asks with us :)

claimed anons . . . crispy anon !

#answered asks ☁️ — asks we've been sent and answered, on anon or otherwise!

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yall remember how jason hudson has two kids? yeah? yeah well here's the younger one. meet bennett hudson, the trans kiddo of the family! he's a good kid, though panama absolutely wrecked his shit and changed his life entirely.

hopefully i'll get some sketches of his brother and how i see jenny up for usage too at some point ,,

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